Biography
Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Marxist feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, author and social theorist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), running for Vice President in the 1980 and 1984 elections under that party. She is also a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She has been active in movements such as the Occupy movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge · 2025
- honorary degree from Spelman College · 2021
- honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University · 2021
- Time 100 · 2020
- National Women's Hall of Fame · 2019
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- honorary doctorate · 2016
- honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University · 2014
- Blue Planet Award · 2011
- Thomas Merton Award · 2006
- American Book Awards · 1998
- Lenin Peace Prize · 1979
- honorary citizen of Magdeburg · 1972
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · 1972
- Order of Playa Girón · 1972
- Star of People's Friendship · 1972
Filmography14 titles
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
The Occupation of the American Mind
13th
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Malcolm X
Stamped from the Beginning
The Black List: Volume Two
A Huey P. Newton Story
A Place of Rage
Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life